'Great MEND Send-Off' Helps Nearly 200 Kindergartners Welcome Summer; Ten Telfair Elementary School Kindergarten Classes Get the Treatment -- New Shoes, Dental Care & Hands-On with New Computers.Business Editors & Educational Writers PACOIMA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2001 Donations Made by Computer Associates International Inc. and Pacific Bell Nearly 200 Telfair Elementary School elementary school: see school. kindergartners will jump-start their summer with "The Great MEND Send Off" today as MEND (Meet Each Need With Dignity -- www.mendpoverty.org) dedicates the day to its children and extends its 30th anniversary celebration. The festive, day-long event will provide kindergartners with new shoes, dental sealant Dental sealants are a dental treatment consisting of applying a plastic material to one or more teeth, for the intended purpose of preventing dental caries (cavities) or other forms of tooth decay. and hands-on fun with new computers purchased with the help of contributions from Computer Associates International Inc. (CA), and Pacific Bell. Telfair students will be bussed to MEND at 13460 Van Nuys Blvd. in Pacoima, courtesy of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Councilman Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City . Now marking its 30th anniversary, MEND is a volunteer-driven organization that provides services that meet the basic human needs of individuals who reside in the northeast San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . The five-year-olds will receive a painless dental treatment, involving the application of fluoride to teeth to help prevent tooth decay Tooth Decay Definition Tooth decay, which is also called dental cavities or dental caries, is the destruction of the outer surface (enamel) of a tooth. . While at MEND's facility, students will be able to try out the agency's newly-refurbished computer lab, brought up to date courtesy of donations from CA and Pacific Bell. Students will wrap up their trip with "fancy footwork" banner art, storytelling and computer games before they board busses back to school with "Great MEND Send Off" "goodie good·ie n. Variant of goody1. bags" -- complete with a new toothbrush toothbrush, n a handheld device with an arrangement of bristles at one end, and a handle designed to reach effectively all exposed surfaces of the teeth and gingiva. and toothpaste. "All of this has been made possible through the generosity of Pacific Bell and Computer Associates International Inc.," said Marianne Haver haver Verb 1. Scot & N English dialect to talk nonsense 2. to be unsure and hesitant; dither [origin unknown] Hill, executive director, MEND. "We're also grateful to our volunteer dental professionals and others who will be donating their time to host the children here at MEND." "The children can't wait," said Dr. Stannis Steinbeck, principal of Telfair Elementary School. "MEND has been such a wonderful mainstay for our community for nearly 30 years. We are grateful for all of their help." The morning classes of kindergartners will arrive at MEND at 8:15 a.m., with the afternoon group beginning their activities at 11:45 a.m. About MEND MEND is a volunteer-driven organization that provides services that meet the basic human needs of individuals who reside in the northeast San Fernando Valley. MEND has grown primarily by word-of-mouth into one of the leanest operating non-profit organizations in existence. More than 95 percent of the support and donations the organization receives go to provide emergency food, clothing, furniture, medical and dental care, job skills training and job placement assistance, English as a Second Language classes, computer lab, and a Christmas program. Serving in excess of 23,000 clients each month, MEND is now the largest poverty agency in the Valley. |
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